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This now-routine preventative care has enabled medical professionals to find and treat most cases without a loss of vision or life.

Winslow saw a way forward if public health could work with health care providers to improve preventative interventions.

In one 2023 qualitative study of intersex adults, nearly 50% reported not seeking emergency health care and 65% reported delaying preventative health care because they had prior traumatic experiences with doctors.

They had each lived with the consequences of unexpected pregnancy, so both insisted on preventative measures.

The move will "diminish the nation's research capacity, slowing scientific progress and depriving patients, families, and communities across the country of new treatments, diagnostics, and preventative interventions", the group said in a statement.